Mining Incidents

Gunnison Metal/Non-Metal

GUNNISON, Gunnison County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504691

Gunnison has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2005–2007
Latest incident
Jul 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
48
citations
10
significant & substantial
$16,254
proposed penalties
$12,666
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,588 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
227
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 227 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gunnison has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$16K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-05-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 66 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,234 3 0 2431.1
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 749 6 2 8010.7
2007 Q3 4,471 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,487 12 5 2187.0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1 606 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,185 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,754 4 1 841.4
2006 Q2 4,152 1 0 240.8
2006 Q1 0 1 0
2005 Q4 1,038 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,549 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,157 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 4,752 1 0 210.4
2004 Q3 5,217 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,777 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 429 5 1 11655.0
2003 Q3 0 6 0
2003 Q2 504 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 480 1 0 2083.3
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2007 · 2 incidents

July 30, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Varra Companies, Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Shoveling material beneath conveyor, hurt lower abdomen. Diagnosed as hernia.

June 15, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Varra Companies, Inc · Struck against stationary object

Working on rollers. Hard hat fell off. When he stood up, hit head on conveyor. Stitches

2005 · 3 incidents

September 22, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Varra Companies, Inc · Struck against a moving object

Jammed "pinky" finger of left hand while backing the haul truck. 1st aid.

July 19, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Varra Companies, Inc · Struck against a moving object

EXCAVATOR BUCKET DROPPED INTO HAUL TRUCK BED, SOIL UNDER TRACKS GAVE WAY ALLOWING BUCKET TO DROP INTO TRUCK

May 2, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Varra Companies, Inc · Fall from machine

Foot slipped on step when exiting haul truck hurt right foot instep walking boot.

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The full compliance file on Gunnison

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.